Simon Allfree

Simon brings over 30 years of hands-on experience in the outdoors – having worked in local authority and private education centres, at the National White Water Centre (Canolfan Tryweryn) and as an outdoor degree lecturer at university level. He is a qualified Level 5 Kayak Coach, Level 3 Sea Kayak and Canoe Coach, and a Rescue 3 White Water Rescue Technician Instructor. Simon also holds Summer and Winter Mountain Leader awards, is a Rock Climbing Instructor, and a Rescue & Emergency Care First Aid Trainer. From first sitting in a kayak at age seven and climbing Y Wyddfa (Snowdon) at eight, he’s been driven by a passion for mountains, rivers and the sea – and a relentless curiosity for what lies beyond the next horizon.